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Overview
In this inside look at the world of maps, charts, and globes, readers follow guide Suki West, a daredevil cartographer who scales mountains and sails the seas. This personalized tour through the basics of maps and mapping from ancient times to the present day reveals important and sometimes surprising facts. Readers will discover how to map countries, mountains, oceans, and space as well as their own local environment. With lift-up flaps and superb images, this exciting reference will help children find their way around the world.
Synopsis
In this inside look at the world of maps, charts, and globes, readers follow guide Suki West, a daredevil cartographer who scales mountains and sails the seas. This personalized tour through the basics of maps and mapping from ancient times to the present day reveals important and sometimes surprising facts. Readers will discover how to map countries, mountains, oceans, and space as well as their own local environment. With lift-up flaps and superb images, this exciting reference will help children find their way around the world.
The Washington Post - Elizabeth Ward
Every child should have access to a globe and a junior atlas. But the handy, new, interactive book Maps and Mapping,, by Jinny Johnson, can help ensure that those aids don't just sit and gather dust…Lift-up flaps and foldouts keep things interesting.